Record Number: 29493

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[Letter] 'I am taking to some of the St Beuve ''Causeries'', and find them very pleasant, especially anything about the time of Louis XIV always amuses me...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: Sep 1871

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emma Darwin

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

2 May 1808

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

wife & mother

Religion:

Unitarian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve

Title:

Causeries du lundi (Monday Chats)

Genre:

Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Newspaper

Publication Details

Published between 1849- 1869 in a weekly column in newspapers. Published in bookform in 28 volumes.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29493

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Henrietta Litchfield

Title:

Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

1915

Vol:

V2

Page:

206

Additional Comments:

Letter [Sept.,1871]from Emma Darwin to her daughter Henrietta Litchfield.

Citation:

Henrietta Litchfield (ed.), Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896 (New York, 1915), V2, p. 206, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=29493, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None